Killzone 2 Patch 1.24 Adds New Multiplayer Ranks

24 which launches on April 22nd.

The patch also fixes a number of minor things aswell as making connecting to friends that little bit easier. Of course it also paves the way for the upcoming "Steel & Titanium" patch.

You can see the full list after the jump.

Killzone 2, patch 1.24 is sized at 57MB. The following has been fixed/added:

  • AI - Bots now skipping disabled/destroyed MGs in warzone when requesting mounted guns.
  • AI - Do not claim waypoints for the previous character when it's dead.
  • AI - Fixes bots getting stuck trying to arm/disarm S&D object when mission is already over.
  • Campaign - Fix for potential progression bug in Salamun Bridge.
  • Clan - User name, not users clan displayed in rankings
  • Clan - Winning 10 Clan Challenges causes the user to become stuck on the medal awards screen.
  • Controls - Lean & Peak - Zoom hold on and out of ammo it switches between regular/scope view rapidly.
  • Cosmetic - Blue screen tint which indicates scout cloak is occasionally enabled and will remain indefinitely.
  • Cosmetic - White squares on the grenade counter merge together when displayed in 1080p
  • Create Game - "Badge Combination" option does not work properly
  • Create Game - Online - "clan only" presets apply even after a player leaves a clan
  • DLC - DLC pack 1 - 'Steel & Titanium' support DLC - New Loading screens advertising the first DLC pack.
  • Exploit - Helghan Industries - Player getting out of map fix.
  • Exploit - Radec Academy - User is able to gain access to the roof when revived in a specific location.
  • Exploit - Reviving player stuck in wall collision can result in him spawning outside level
  • Exploit - Salamun Market - One sided wall allows people to be seen and shot from outside where they cant see or fire out
  • Exploit - Tharsis Depot - Player can get out of the "normal" play area and can get into some sniper/camp spots
  • Feature - Invite player from friendslist Feature - Join Clan Member list added.
  • Feature - Join Game - 17-24 players filter.
  • Feature - MP - Moving while seeing scores after pressing SELECT
  • Feature - The radar/map now has a larger radius
  • Feature - Three additional 'Harcore' Ranks added to the top limits.
  • Front-end - Add support to display more than 8 maps when creating a game /challenge/tournament
  • Front-end - Sorting ascending and decending ranks working better in 'Rankings'
  • Front-end - When in a squad, the Valor Trophy is visible in the Squad Tab, however the users rank is not being displayed on top of it.
  • Mods - Official tournament to be displayed first followed by custom created tournaments
  • Mods - Additional functionality made avalable to the in-game moderators.
  • Network - Server side fix for full games being displayed incorrectly.
  • Network - User is unable to use the 'Join Clan Member' tab due to Network Error Code 20002.
  • Online - File-synching with the Japanese release of Killzone 2 on the 23rd of April.
  • Sound - Turret placing sound continues when killed.
  • Stability - Crash when synching gamestate after a full mapcycle
  • Stability - Hang on a screen with a blank message window just before a message appears.
  • Stability - Reducing the load on the server related to syncing the buddylist
  • Stats - If a clan wins 24 Clan Challenges and goes to the result screen, the medal acquisition screen, which normally displays when you win 25 games, will display.
  • Stats - Number of air-support grenades used by tacticians does not add to the stats of joined user correctly.
  • Stats - Number of spawn-grenades used by tacticians does not add to the stats of joined user correctly.
  • Stats - User sometimes does not receive 1000 valor award when winning 10 Clan Challenges.
  • Text - % character not displayed correctly on the creating game dialogue box after selecting to create game.
  • Text - If a client receives an invite from a clan which has a '$' character in the clan name, the recipient will get kicked
  • Text - Minor Italian localization fix.
  • Text - Minor Japanese localization fix.
  • Tournament - Game decides winner if one of the two teams doesn't spawn in
  • Trophies - Fix for Wargod trophy unlocking pre-maturely